and when you have policies that are unpopular, say, cutting medicare, social security, it doesn't help to, quote/unquote reach out. let's have a town hall and explain why i'm going to cut your social security. it's not that people personally dislike the messenger. they don't like the message that you want to cut medicare or social security or otherwise break the social contract as they've been pushing. so, yeah, it's going to be really tough. and i don't quite see how they get out of this. >> well, ana marie cox and ryan grim, thank you both for joining us and have a great holiday. >> thank you. >> happy thanksgiving. >>> coming up, a progressive president with a mandate for change. what do you think he should focus on in his second term? >>> plus, it's the knock down drag out fight in the gop. rush limbaugh versus chris christie. >>> and at the end of the show, something we have never done on "politicsnation," a thanksgiving surprise. stay with us. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male annou